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English

Etymology

amplify +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æm.pl?.fa?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm.pl?.fa?.??/, /?æm.pl?.fa??/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)

Noun

amplifier (plural amplifiers)

1. Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
2. (linguistics) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
3. (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
4. (music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
5. A lens that enlarges the field of vision.

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See also

• gain

French

Etymology

From Latin amplific?, amplific?re (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faci?, facere (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pli.fje/

Verb

amplifier

1. to amplify

Conjugation

Related terms

• amplificateur

Further reading

• “amplifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æmp.l?.fa?/
• Hyphenation: am?pli?fy

Verb

amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

4. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

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Further reading

• amplify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.